The Game of Rassilon is one of those “actual-play” podcasts, except instead of playing D&D or Pathfinder we’re playing Doctor Who: The Roleplaying Game by Cubicle 7. Telling stories with a unique Doctor exploring time and space with a crew of unlikely companions, with an emphasis on great stories and, we hope, big laughs.
About Doctor Who: The Roleplaying Game
Doctor Who: The Roleplaying Game was created by Cubicle 7 – y’know, the team who do Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and the Lone Wolf Adventure Game. It was first published in 2009, with the first major revision – Second Edition – released in 2021. For the podcast, we used the 2009-2015 First Edition of the game during seasons 1-3, and are using Second Edition for season 4 onward.
DWRPG uses the Vortex System, which places emphasis not on combat but on problem-solving and collaborative storytelling. Players are actively encouraged to talk or think their way out of a situation, and the system is weighted in favor of these avenues. What’s more, players are given a number of Story Points – kind of like Inspiration in D&D, only much more powerful – which can be used to influence the story for their own benefit… or perhaps just to make it more interesting!
This means that the players have a great deal of control over the outcome of an adventure. But they still have to use their wits, cunning, and intellect to get out of a scrape. Especially if they run out of Story Points…
Find out more about Doctor Who: The Roleplaying Game at Cubicle7Games.com, or buy the game from Cubicle 7’s online store.
Recorded remotely to stay safe during the Pandemic
For our first season, and a good chunk of our second, we recorded in-person and on-location at a tabletop gaming store in Burbank, California, where we took up a whole bloody game room in their store for an entire afternoon to record the show thing away from our cats, roommates and low-flying aircraft. We switched to remote recording in April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Copyright notice
The Game of Rassilon is a not-for-profit fan-based production. We claim no ownership of Doctor Who nor any affiliation with the BBC, BBC Studios, or any of its affiliates or licensees. As with other fan-productions such as fanfilms, fanfiction and fan-produced original audios, this podcast is made out of a love of Doctor Who, a desire to tell stories in that universe, and a want to play in that sandbox. No infringement of trademarks is intended, and we promise to rake the sand back nicely when we’re done.